On Tue, 5 Dec 2000 19:00:51 -0700, Lorenzo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Would it be a Paloelithically Correct , although a >brutally crude assumption, to possibly think that >India is a dying culture due to bad food chyoice. And now > due to a fortunate choice of learning English, the >brilliant young survivors of Indian Culture can migrate to >the US and obtain a fascinating computer job. > Why do you look at India as dying? India managed to sustain a billion of people today and survived through many thousand years (7000-9000?) successfully nearly unchanged in food choice. In a constant and comparably small space. With millions of hunter/gatherer people surviving. India will survive best if *doesn't* change. While the US culture only has some 200 years and caused a far-reaching change in a sparsly populated landscape (e.g. buffalos gone). If you count Europe as the main cultural source of the US, you come closer to the indian years - and to indian influences from that time. Regards, Amadeus (who will be sitting on a beach in India soon)